Saturday, July 3, 2010

ThoughtForDay - July 4

July 4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Quick Thought:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaringlion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing thatthe same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 1 Peter 5:8-9(NKJ)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mark 7:14-23And after He (Jesus) called the multitude to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside the man whichgoing into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are whatdefile the man. If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

And when leaving the multitude, He had entered the house, His disciples questionedHim about the parable. And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him; because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.)And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications,thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit,sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man." Mark 7:14-23 (NAS)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

John 1:18-23No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God (Jesus), who is in the bosomof the Father, He has explained Him.

And this is the witness of John (the baptizer), when the Jews sent to him priestsand Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" And he (John) confessed, anddid not deny, and he confessed, "I am not the Christ."

And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he (John) said, "I am not.""Are you the Prophet?" And he (John) answered, "No."

They said then to him (to John), "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?" He said, "I am a voice of onecrying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophetsaid." John 1:18-23 (NAS)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~